Added 10 October 2026
rondo
/ˈɹɒn.dəʊ/ noun
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about rondo at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
- A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
- A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from Italian rondò, itself an unadapted borrowing of French rondeau. Doublet of rondeau; see there for further etymology.
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